{"id":837799,"date":"2026-03-27T22:23:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/837799\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T22:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:23:23","slug":"aaron-rodgers-justified-in-wanting-sizable-raise-from-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/837799\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers Justified in Wanting Sizable Raise From Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/12-7-2025-Steelers-v-Ravens-9866-e1765204623733.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Dec. 7, 2025. &#8212; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/aaron-rodgers\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a> hasn\u2019t yet let the Pittsburgh Steelers know what his plan is for next season. Charlie Batch, who was a longtime backup quarterback for the same team, believes the wait boils down to what Mike McCarthy\u2019s team is willing to pay him.<\/p>\n<p>Fox Sports\u2019 Colin Cowherd feels that the future Pro Football Hall of Fame signal-caller asking for more money would be warranted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Aaron did absolutely outplay his contract,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFDidMd82mpDkKijLUqHp7A\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Cowherd said<\/a> Friday on his radio show. \u201cBut I think Aaron making $32 million is reasonable. Absolutely. In that Baker (Mayfield), Sam Darnold class, absolutely. \u2026 He made the offense, which was atrocious in the red zone, excellent. The team had fewer turnovers. It was a smarter offense due to Aaron. Aaron has no obligation to give you multiple years. It\u2019s not even team-friendly. They basically got him for free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-4-2026-Steelers-v-Ravens-3536.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers\" class=\"wp-image-162323\"  \/>Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers during a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Jan. 4, 2026. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers, who will turn 43 next season, went 10-6 as the Steelers\u2019 starting passer last season, throwing for 3,322 yards, 24 touchdowns and seven interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to Aaron, this is a guy who outplayed his contract,\u201d Batch said on \u201cThe Snap Count\u201d podcast. \u201cAnd I will stand by this \u2014 and there\u2019s not many people out there, I may be the only one saying this at this particular point \u2014 this decision is coming down to money. The Steelers would like him to come back, yes, but it\u2019s not gonna be at the $13 million number. I\u2019m sure Aaron, at some point \u2014 I have not spoken to him \u2014 but I\u2019m sure his representatives are wanting something closer to $30 (million). And you hope that somewhere you meet in the middle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/aaron-rodgers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/charlie-batch\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Batch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/colin-cowherd\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Colin Cowherd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Dec. 7, 2025.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[1586,19747,6405,7,6,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-837799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-charlie-batch","10":"tag-colin-cowherd","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-pittsburgh","14":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","15":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","16":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116303483417327039","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}